Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 110765

Minerals: Recycling

Tabled: 4 February 2026

Answered: 9 February 2026

Named Day

Question

Tessa Munt

Liberal Democrat — Wells and Mendip Hills

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish a list of companies that have a licence to export critical mineral waste and scrap for recycling abroad.

Answer

Mary Creagh

Defra does not maintain a list of businesses that export waste from the UK. Any exporter that is not the original waste producer must be registered as a waste broker or dealer. Details of registered brokers and dealers in England can be found on the publi...

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